NH man seeks new trial in social worker killing

NH man convicted of killing social worker now claims his lawyer was incompetent

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man convicted of fatally shooting a social worker in the head in 1999 is seeking a new trial.

Forty-seven-year-old Daniel Ayer is serving a life sentence for killing counselor Mark Rowland in August 1999 when he arrived to meet with Ayer and his family in Nashua. Ayer's wife told police he had waited in his truck to ambush Rowland.